A5: Records you need to keep

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Most of the records you need to keep to work out your capital gain or capital loss when you dispose of shares in companies or units in unit trusts (including managed funds) will be given to you by the company, the unit trust manager or your stockbroker. It is important that you keep everything they give you about your shares and units.

These records will generally provide the following important information:

the date you bought the shares or units

the amount paid to buy the shares or units

details of any non-assessable payments made to you during the time you owned the shares or units

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